Iśopaniṣadvyākhyā, 1793-1797; इशोपनिषद्व्याख्या,१७९३-१७९७

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1793

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical commentary (vyākhyā) and treatise on the Iśopaniṣad, a late Vedic work in verse employing Hindu mantras in order to explore the meaning and nature of the highest disembodied Lord, referred to as Īśvara.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Philosophy, Indic; Hindu philosophy; Hindu gods; Hindu mantras; Hindu mantras -- Early works to 1800; Hindu gods -- Early works to 1800; Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800; Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (17 leaves) : paper; 13 x 25 cm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: śrīmanmahīdha[ra]kṛte vedadīpe manohare viramaccaramo 'dhyāyaḥ paramātmanirūpakaḥ iti vedadīpe catvārīśo 'dhyāyaḥ // śrīvāsudevāya namaḥ //; Dated saṃvat 1854 (1797) and śaka 1715 (1793) (f. 17r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Opening and closing folios have a border with red lines in which a series of Oṃ mantras are written (f. 1r, 17v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts